Use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians
Demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment
Improve the quality of life for all people living with HIV/AIDS
Foster community through human connection
www.thebody.com

Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 100,000 people in 22 countries. We are the largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the U.S. www.aidshealth.org

A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), offers access to the latest, federally approved HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines, HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials, and other research information for health care providers, researchers, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and the general public.
AIDSinfo services and staff cannot replace direct communication with your health care provider(s). The staff cannot respond to specific medical questions, offer medical advice, give second opinions, or make recommendations about specific therapies. The AIDSinfo project is 100% federally funded. AIDSinfo neither allows advertising on our Web site nor endorses any company or products. aidsinfo.nih.gov

The mission of AIDS.ORG is to help prevent HIV infections and to improve the lives of those affected by HIV and AIDS by providing education and facilitating the free and open exchange of knowledge at an easy-to-find centralized website. www.AIDS.org

AIDS.gov works to increase HIV testing and care among people most at-risk for, or living with, HIV, by using emerging communication strategies to provide access to Federal HIV information, policies (e.g. the National HIV/AIDS Strategy), programs, and resources. www.Aids.gov

POZ is an award-winning print and online brand for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Offering unparalleled editorial excellence since 1994, POZ and poz.com are identified by our readers as their most trusted sources of information about the disease. Offering daily news, treatment updates, personal profiles, investigative features, videos, blogs and an extensive online social network that includes POZ Personals (110,000 members and counting); community forums (that are moderated and active 24/7); and a private, peer-to-peer mentoring program, POZ addresses the wide spectrum of needs of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. www.POZ.com

As a part of its overall public health mission, CDC provides leadership in helping control the HIV/AIDS epidemic by working with community, state, national, and international partners in surveillance, research, and prevention and evaluation activities. These activities are critically important because CDC estimates that about 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, and that 21% of these persons do not know they are infected.
In addition, the number of people living with AIDS is increasing, as effective new drug therapies keep HIV-infected persons healthy longer and dramatically reduce the death rate. CDC’s programs work to improve treatment, care, and support for persons living with HIV/AIDS and to build capacity and infrastructure to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world. www.cdc.gov/hiv/

This site is for those seeking information on HIV and AIDS. If you have just been diagnosed with HIV, you may be overwhelmed by emotions ranging from anger to disbelief to fear. It is important to get started and take some ACTION as you work to manage your health. www.hiv.com

Stigma prevents individuals from getting tested for HIV, seeking medical care, disclosing diagnosis and in adhering to treatment and follow up. Fear of social abandonment and losing intimate partners prevents many with HIV from sharing the diagnosis with their loved ones and sexual partners. Stigma has become a major reason why HIV epidemic continues and millions of people are getting infected and dying with HIV every year. www.whocanyoutell.org

The mission of AIDS United is to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States. We will achieve this goal through national, regional and local policy/advocacy, strategic grantmaking, and organizational capacity building. With partners throughout the country, we will work to ensure that people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS have access to the prevention and care services they need and deserve. www.AidsUnited.org

Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources through peer support, leadership development and training.

GSA Network supports young people in starting, strengthening, and sustaining GSAs and builds the capacity of GSAs to:

create safe environments in schools for students to support each other and learn about homophobia, transphobia, and other oppressions,
educate the school community about homophobia, transphobia, gender identity, and sexual orientation issues, and
fight discrimination, harassment and violence in schools.
www.gsanetwork.org

Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Through lobbying, grassroots organizing, education, and coalition building, we are changing Florida so that no one suffers harassment or discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Equality Florida formed in 1997 as Governor Jeb Bush took office and Florida’s state government made a hard turn to the right. In an era of setbacks for progressive causes, Equality Florida has defeated every piece of anti-LGBT legislation filed in Tallahassee for 14 years in a row. These bills included efforts to: overturn all local anti-discrimination policies, repeal all safe schools policies, expand Florida’s anti-gay adoption ban, and prohibit domestic partnership benefits and protections. www.eqfl.org

The mission of the Partnership for Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Planning (PCHAP) is to plan a comprehensive array of HIV/AIDS services spanning from prevention to early intervention and patient care through active, open, and inclusive community planning processes that emphasize delivery of quality and effective services to all clients and communities affected by HIV/AIDS within the boundaries of Volusia and Flagler Counties.
HIV/AIDS Community Planning brings together service providers, Health Department staff, people living with HIV or AIDS, and other concerned community members to create a plan for the Volusia/Flagler network of HIV/AIDS Services that include Prevention, Early Intervention and Patient Care. The planning partnership, sometimes called a Consortia, works to ensure that services are available for the people who need them most, that they provide benefit at the lowest cost, and that they are of the highest possible quality. Below we have attached the 2012 calendar schedule for PCHAP along with a membership application form. www.pchap.net

The estimated incidence of HIV has remained stable overall in recent years, at about 50,000 new HIV infections per year. Within the overall estimates, however, some groups are affected more than others. Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV infection, and among races/ethnicities, African Americans continue to be disproportionately affected. While this overall estimation is very promising news and an indication that strategies to prevent the spread of infection have been effective, a recent survey of American teens shows that they are poorly informed about HIV and as a result are potentially at risk of contracting this sexually transmitted infection. The findings of this research by the MAC AIDS Fund may help to explain why almost 40% of new cases of HIV in the US occur among young people and 15 to 24 year olds are the only age group to experience a rise in HIV diagnosis rates. Without further education of teens on the subject of HIV transmission and prevention, there is a real risk that the human immunodeficiency virus may once again infect a growing number of people.

SMART Ride is unique to fundraising in so many ways, but first and foremost it’s our guarantee that 100% of every penny you raise will go to AIDS Service Organizations around Florida. Since 2003 that has represented over $6.4 million dollars something every past and present participant, donor, sponsor should be very proud of. SMART Ride starts on Thursday November 12th with orientation day in Miami. On Friday NovembeR-6 Detailsr 13th the ride opens with an escorted ride out and then travels south 100 miles to Duck Key where we overnight.
On Saturday November 14th our journey continues, passing over bridges, stopping at pit stops, enjoying lunch and finally arriving 65 miles later in Key West to cheers and smiling faces. We celebrateat the AIDS Memorial at the White Street Pier. You don’t have to be an athlete to participate, you can ride a bike, or help drive a vehicle, you can bring your skills as a massage therapists, a nurse, or doctor, you can be a cheerleader or a an individual with just a desire to make a difference. Whatever your reason for joining this adventure we welcome you.
Won’t you join us? Register before October and your registration fee is only $95 and it covers your food, your overnight housing in the middle keys and memories that are priceless. Questions, just reach out, we are here to help.